Bicycle.



No. 657,382. Patented Sept. '4, I900.

a. s.. BARTLETT.

BICYCLE.

(Application filed. m. 16,1900.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE s. BARTLETT, OF BOISE, IDAHO.

BICYCLE.

SPEGIFICATIOIY forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,382, dated September 4,1900

Application filed March'lfi, 1900., c"erialNo.8,934=. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. B RTLE T, a

citizen of the United States,residing at Boise,

v the following isa specification.

i a l This invention relates to bicyclesor similar vehicles, and has special reference to the frame structure thereof, to provide a construction which greatly increases the carry in g capacity of the vehicle.

To this end the invention primarily contemplates an improved construction of frame for bicycles and the like having means for supporting a bag or receptacle that may be utilized for carrying luggage of any character, thereby adapting the machine or vehicle for use in package-delivery for cycle tourist and analogous purposes.

A further object of the invention is to provide for supporting the bag or receptacle in a well-balanced position and so arranged as to uniformly distribute the load. upon the frame of the machine, thus obviating undue strain upon any particular part of the machine and at the same time not disturbing the true balance thereof.

With these and other objects in view, which will more readily appearas the nature of the invention is better understood, the same con sists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

The essential features of the invention are necessarily susceptible to some modification Without departing from the spirit thereof;

but the preferred embodiment of the improvement is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of a bicycle of the sprocket -and-chain driving type, the frame of which is constructed in accordance with the presentinvention. Fig. 2 is a 1ongitudinal sectional view of the portions of the frame associated with the pendent carrying bag or receptacle. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional View onthe line 3 3 of Fig.2.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

In carrying out the invention the improved frame structure may be applied to any type of. bicycle or similar vehicle irrespective of the particular driving. mechanism thereof;

but for illustrative purposes there is shown in the drawings a bicycle of the ordinary sprocket-and-chain type. This machine includes the frame 1, carrying the usual front and rear wheels and preserving the outlines of the well-known diamond bicycle-frame, the same essentially comprising the headtube 2, the inclined seat-post tube 3, the upper frame-bar 4, extending from the upper Y end of the seat-post tube to the corresponth ing end of the head-tube, the lower reach-bar 5, extending from the crank-hanger 6 at the lower end of the seat-post tube to the lower end of the head-tube, the rear fork '7, and the rear inclined braces 8, connecting the rear fork or forks with the seat-post tube. These are the usual members of a bicycle-frame;

but in carrying out the invention the frame structure is materially modified between the seat-post tube and'the head-tube to provide forthe support of the bag or receptacle 9 in the space between the upper frame-bar and thelower reach-bar 5. To secure this desirable result, the upper frame bar or frame member 4 has joined'thereto as an integral part of the complete frame a horizontally-arranged open supporting-rim 10. This rim is in the form of an annulus and is preferably of a rectangular shape, although it is obvious that a circular or other configuration may be given to thesaid rim without materially afiecting the invention. In the preferred embodiment,

however, the said open supporting-rim 10 is of a rectangular shape and consists of the opposite parallel side bars 11 and the end cross-bars 12, the latter being joined, respectively, to the front and rear sections of the upper frame-bar 4 of the machine-frame, and at this point it will be observed that the rear section of the said upper frame-bar 4 is somewhat bowed, so as to brace and sustain the of the said rim 10. The said carrying bag or receptacle may befof any suitable shape, but

ispreferably of a cubical form, with thebot-p tom thereof inclined'to correspond withj'the inclination ofthe lower reach-bare and se-', cured directlylthereto by the bracing-loops 14, which prevent lateral shifting of the bag or. receptacle andhol'd it in position between the upper and loWerpontions of the bicycleg thereof, or directly to the supporting-rin1,and E frame. -The carrying bagor receptacle '9 is V open at the top, and by reason of the open formation of the supporting-rim the bag is necessarily provided with an unobstructed mouth, so that articles of the size of the snp-- porting-rim can be introduced'into the hag or receptacle and removed therefrom. V

Any suitable means for'holding the bag or receptacle in placemaybe resorted to, and itf is preferablein the construction of the device Vto'associatewith the same a lid or cover 15,@

which is hinged at one edge, as at 16, to 'thei top edge of 'thebag or receptacle, atone'side;

" "provided at its swinging edge with the straps} receptacle on, the eziterior thereof.

clined bottomof thebag or receptacle 9 rest'sri 5 the bag or receptacle to. grip the handle-bar.

From the foregoing it is thought that the;

flat upon the lower inclined reach-bar of; th'et frame, and is thereby firmly braced and supported in position, while the lid .or, cover 15,

"whenclosed over the open mouth-of the bag or receptacle, rests'directly nponthe opposite 1 parallel sidebars 11 of the supporting-rim 10, i

t and is thereby firmly sustained in position and preventedfrom sagging inwardly, while; H v v at the same time being heldin a plane so as to not be in'the way of the rider who reaches over 5 construction and many-"advantages of the herein-described oarrtierbicycle willbe readily apparent to-those familiar with the art without further descriptioman'd it will be understood that various changes in the. form, proportioiuand minor .detailsofrconstruction may'be res orte'd 'to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantagestof, this invention.- f 1 r Havingthus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to besecured by LettersPa-tent, is" o I, v

A bicycle-fraine,"of the single diamond form, having its upperframe-bar, between the headtube and the seat-post thereof, provided with an integralhorizontal? open supporting-rim I projecting equidistan'tat opposite sides of the vertical plan'e ofthefframe,said upper f ramebar having a short section extending from the rear side 'of-the said openlrim to a point of lower elevation on the, seat-post to consti- :tutea bracing-strut for the "said rim, a carr-ying bag or receptacle interposed between the open rimand the lower inclined rea'chbar of the frame, and-ihavii'ng 'an inclined'bottom portion resting flat upon the'saidinclined reach-bar, fastening connections between the top-edge "of the'fbag 'or 'receptacle and the rim, separate fastening connections between thej-bottom of the bag orfreceptacle and' the *reach-barto prevent lateral displacement of the bag or receptaclaand 'acover hinged at one side of the rim and arranged-in its closed .position to restdirect ly upon the opposite sidebars of the saidri m, substantially'as set forth. Y I M a In testimony'that Iclaimthe foregoing as my ow n I have hereto aflixed my signature in .the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE SQBARTLETT.

, Witness es: a

, .A. S. BIBBINs, Q W. S. BRUcE 

